Question follow-through · 29321

Winter Fuel Payment: Edinburgh South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Edinburgh South West constituency claimed the Winter Fuel Payment in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and how many of those were new claimants in each of those years.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 5 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 10 Feb 2025
Answer: 14 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Edinburgh South West constituency claimed the Winter Fuel Payment in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and how many of those were new claimants in each of those years.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Feb 2025
Answer published
The vast majority of Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically without the need to claim. Linking Winter Fuel eligibility to Pension Credit and other means tested benefits for pensioners ensures the least well-off pensioners still receive the help they ...

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